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Mountains and Onsen

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May 12th 2007
Last week was Missy’s last week in Japan. It was also Golden Week, which is a week of several national holidays strung together. So, we headed up to Gifu and Nagano prefecture in the middle of Honshu mainland where the Northern Japan Alps are located. We took the shinkansen as far as Nagoya city, and then changed to an express train that headed north into the mountains, to Takayama city. The tr ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more